30 kg

Open Space | Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum

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BERLIN GLOBAL

On one of BERLIN GLOBAL’s Open Spaces, seven Turkish Berliners reflect on their own experience of migration. Their belongings are no longer useful in Berlin, their mother tongue finds no exact translation.

Location
Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum
Schlossplatz
10178 Berlin

Opening hours
Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Tue | closed

Last admission is at 5.15 p.m.

Entry
7 euros / 0 euro (reduced)
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You’re allowed to check in up to 30 kg of free luggage at the airport – one full suitcase for a new life in a new country. But what happens when your things, your language, even your own identity take on different meanings upon arrival?

Sophie Perl from the Stadtmuseum Berlin will open the open space “30 kg” on 7 July 2022. Her speech will be simultaneously translated into Turkish.

As transcultural women, they renegotiate everyday life – a liberation for some, for others a loss.

The open space “30 kg” is located in the room Entertainment.

At the opening event on 7 July 2022, Idil Efe from the Stadtmuseum Berlin spoke with exhibition participant and journalist Michelle Demishevich, curators Burcu Argat and Izim Turan, and singer and activist Gaye Su Akyol about their migration experiences (from left to right).

Through the installation, the group invites visitors to consider their own identity. The project also draws a parallel to the 1920s, when independent women from Turkey migrated to Berlin and had to redefine themselves, just as they do today.

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Exhibition

“30 kg” was curated by Burcu Argat and Izim Turan together with the Stadtmuseum Berlin. With: Pınar Akyol, Başak Arslan, Michelle Demishevich, Ayşe Derya Kır, Ayça Öztarhan Kocatürk, Seda Boran Krüger and Nur Özalp.

The Open Spaces

The Open Spaces are three bright blue areas within the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition developed by initiatives, organisations and independent groups. The objective is to increase the visibility of unknown, underrepresented and activist perspectives and issues.

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Info & Service

Opening Hours

Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm
Tue | closed

Last admission is at 5.30 pm

Holiday Opening Hours

Maintenance Work

Mon, 19/05/25 + Wed, 21/05/25 | Closed due to maintenance work
Thu, 22/05/25 + Fri, 23/05/25 | Partial closures possible due to maintenance work
From Sat, 24/05/25, the exhibition will be open as usual.

Directions

Schlossplatz
10178 Berlin

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Contact

For ticketing and service requests, please contact the Humboldt Forum Visitor Services:
+49 30 9921 189 89
Mo – Fri, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m.

Tickets

Entry

7 euros / 0 euros (reduced)

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for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age, for students, international students, BFD and FSJ attendees, etc., when receiving transfer payments (ALG I / Bürgergeld) or with severe disability (at least 50%), for persons accompanying people with severe disabilities (at least 50%), persons with an electronic residence permit (eAT), members of the Museumspass Berlin, the press, partner institutions, sponsors and members of the development associations, ICOM members

for Ehrenamts-Card holders, members of the Theater Gemeinde Berlin and with the WelcomeCard 2023

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